This research guide is a partial list of materials available to assist you in beginning a research project. It is arranged by broad categories commonly required for assignments. The materials are shelved in numerical order in the Youth Services Reference collection.

Ask a Librarian if you have any questions or need assistance.

General Encyclopedias J REF
at the Homework Center

New Book of Knowledge
World Book Encyclopedia
The Grolier Student Encyclopedia

Revolutionary War Resources J REF

355.70951 ROB Encyclopedia of Historic Forts
391.04355 COP Uniforms of the American Revolution
920 GRO Grolier Library of North American Biographies
920.073 MOS Profiles in American History
970.02 NOR North America in Colonial Times
973 AME American Heritage History of the United States
973 AME The American Scene
973 CHA The Military History of the United States
973 HAK A History of Us
973 MON Monuments and Historic Places of America
973 VAN American History for Children and Young Adults
973.00992 STR Roots of the Republic v. 1 Signers of the Declaration of Independence
973.0202 CHR Chronicle of America
973.0202 GRO The American Years
973.0202 GRO This Day in American History
973.0222 ALB Album of American History
973.03 DIC Dictionary of American History
973.2 SAA Colonial American Biographies
973.203 COL Colonial America
973.3 ENC The Encyclopedia of Colonial and Revolutionary America
973.3 REV The Revolutionary War
973.3 WOR The World Almanac of the American Revolution
973.30922 SCH American Revolution: Biographies

Magazines

Additional information may be found in these magazines:

• Apple Seeds
• Calliope
• Cobblestone

Computer Catalog Subject Headings

Continue your research by searching these headings

• United States—History—Revolution, 1775-1783

Ask a Librarian for additional subject headings.

Browsing the Shelves

Information will be found in different shelf locations based on the subject area. Below is just a small sampling of subject areas. Ask a Librarian for additional locations.

J 970—North American History
J 973—American History

Electronic Resources & Internet Searches

• Expand your research by searching the online encyclopedias and databases.
• Find Internet sites using Internet Links: Resources for Homework
• Internet access is available at the Library to students who are registered with a signed Internet Use Permission Form on file.
• Each resource has a different search strategy, so be sure to ask a Librarian to assist you.

Printing articles at the Library:

• Black & white at 10¢ a page
• Color at $1.00 a page
• Email to your home address at no cost

revised 2/04

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